3 years ago I went to my first personal development seminar geared towards Network Marketing and Home Based Businesses. The guest of honor was Jeffery Combs, world-known personal development author and coach. At the end of the seminar, there was an offer to purchase all of his personal development tools for the price of $400, half off the regular price of $800. Having already paid $50 for the seminar (looking back, I wish all of my seminars I have gone to were this cheap) and I was not looking forward to spending anymore money. Can you already see my error in my judgment? After I had thanked Jeffery for his time and for sharing his story, I was getting ready to walk out the door. Suddenly, I looked over, and saw most of the top leaders purchasing the personal development tools. I knew then that if I wanted to be a leader someday, I must do what the leaders do. I didn’t have the $400, but I did have $200. I spoke to my sponsor and we decided to purchase and share the tools with each other.
I drove around for a week with those $800 tools, still untouched, in the trunk of my car. Yet, another error in my judgment. I thought about how much I had spent on the tools, and how much I had already lost by not listening to them. All the time I spend in my car listening to negatively influential commercials and music didn’t bring me a one step closer to my goals. I pulled over, took out one of the 10 CD sets, and started to play it in my car.
“Mindset Consciousness”, what an incredible title. I had received more than $800 worth of information, in the first 20 minutes alone.
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Since then, I have spent thousands of dollars for personal development tools. The majority of time I am in my car now, I am listening to these tools. At first it was very strange, to not listen to music, but once I got used to it, the results spoke for themselves. It was a very small sacrifice to make initially; it’s also a sacrifice that few are willing to make. I have suggested listening to personal development tools over music to many people, and few ever have. They can’t live without music they all say. Now who is making an error in judgment?
I’m not suggesting you never listen to music. Music is an art and should be appreciated as such. But start slow, maybe you listen to a personal development CD for 10 minutes a day. You are still taking a step towards your goals. Simple disciplines like this are what will start to set you apart from others.